scandyflick

thats quite f**kin decent. will def have to look into that. cheers.

not easy being a big fella in a small fellas car. and nissan oil filter placement is retarded. seriously. who the f**k puts a filter there?

mmmm, yeah, im fairly sure a chopped top is illegal.

really? ... how much?

if it involves a pm it mustve been a fair whack. got a clutch, now i need it fitted, recommendations/prices?

how is it in traffic krish? sure, you payin?

yeah, me thinks so, lookin at an exedy at the moment, should do the trick. gonna wander down to the car yard i got the thing from to see if they'll cover the box which recently started acting up, might try and throw the clutch in too.

yeah, slips it all gears, off the clutch in first to get moving, engine revs to about 5k rpm and inches forwards, driving around in any other gear it struggles to move.

so, ive had a shitty hour. decided that today being payday id cruise on down to local shell to pull some money out of the atm, and then head to the bp to fill the 200 with ultimate, left the shell servo no worries, popped it into second and put my foot back on the gas, engine revved a little strangely, almost too quickly, without the car gaining any speed, bit odd i thought, but no matter, into 3rd and it does the same thing, and i start to smell clutch, f**k. so instead of heading to the servo i just started driving home with the slip getting worse and worse and worse, only just got the damn thing home, f**k.

a cubic f**kton of hp thanks to 70psi of boost being produced by an antiquated turbo strapped to the side of a 2 litre engine and the putting it all through a h pattern box, locked diff and 8 inch wide tyres while left foot braking to keep it on the boil when you come out of a corner. yeah, think that might just qualify as a bit of a handful.

im not asking for a get of jail free card, or leniency (granted, my car is at the moment the least likely to get picked on), and anyone that is needs to take a few minutes to think about exactly what they want to be the outcome of this, at the very least i want some distinctions made between a minor and a major defect, and the 'suspected defect' issue to be addressed.

(late) happy birthday luke!

suspected defects vs proven defects, what recourse do we have if we are defected for something that simply doesnt exist? the 'guilty until proven innocent' thing with cars just seems more than a little 'off' to me. its strange that a traffic officer can simply look at a car and say 'the exhaust is too loud' when the car in question isnt even running. standardisation of adr's, mod plates, and proper officer training. as has been pointed out, you call vehicle inspection services x amount of time about issue y and recieve dozens of different answers, why? an example of the confusion in regards to what is legal and what isnt the mazda rx8, up until recently factory fitted suspension was 'too low' according to regency inspections. also, how can a traffic officer who knows absolutely nothing about cars defect you for something they 'think might be illegal'? its mind boggling, i cant take someones money because i 'think they may've lost the hand'. thats really all i can think of for now, however, im more than happy to be represented by pete, nene, luke, andrew, and kell. edit, just read andrew and chads posts and now have a few other question. a clear distinction between major and minor defects. and mallala, drift days in particular, the defect blitzes that regularly occur just outside the gates at the finish of a drift event, why? a police presence i can agree with, as some people might feel the need to emulate some of the things theyd seen during the day when they leave the track, but thats it.

i could very well be, i have a history of sudden illness...

thats the spirit vu.

yeah, sure thing luke, ill head out to the money tree now...

*sigh* im out, back on night shift...

yeah, its a pretty awesome calendar. march is clearly the coolest month. should probably trader rate you or something, but im pretty slack..

lookin good ben, huge improvement with the stickers gone, lv print everything sounds like a laugh. hmm, 2000 posts and i didnt even notice...

nope. has that pesky nissan badge though.

shame about the defect scott, least you got a few days to drive it around. girl i work with was defected by our friendly officer neil in her 180 not too long ago. also, i love finding random shit for the s14 on yahoo and import monster, i see you lurking ben, you know you want it.

greypages.

haha, yeah, ill bet, meh, few days til im off work anyways.

awesome, hurry up and get it all polished up so i can take some proper photos of it. shame most of the last batch didnt turn out so well... im way too rusty.

yeah, youll let your front bar talk about your ride height.